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Jessica Seagraves, chef at the The Hotel in Newfoundland, came up short Sunday night in her appearance on the Food Network program “Cutthroat Kitchen.”

The show involves four chefs squaring off in a cooking competition in which contestants are given $25,000 each and allowed to use the money to help themselves or sabotage opponents.

Ms. Seagraves advanced to the competition’s second round thanks to her lamb satay recipe. However, her next challenge, a variation on beef stroganoff, was judged to have too much cognac in it and prevented her from reaching the show’s final round.

— JOSH MCAULIFFE

Tony nominees part of new play

Several Broadway veterans have contributed their talents to Scranton Shakespeare Festival’s next show.

“Fairycakes” features costumes by Tony-nominated designer Gregory Gale, choregraphy by Tony nominee Josh Rhodes and music by Lewis Flinn.

Mr. Gale has created what the show’s writer and director, five-time Tony nominee Douglas Carter Beane, called “outrageous, unbelievable” pieces for characters like fairies and hobgoblins. Mr. Beane said he told Mr. Gale “this is your sensibility because it’s just so witty and whimsical, and it’s just all over the place in terms of costumes.”

The show runs Friday and Saturday at 6 p.m. in the University of Scranton’s McDade Center for Literary and Performing Arts and furthers the story of the fairies from Shakespeare’s “A Midsummer Night’s Dream.”

“I wanted to direct something that was a panorama of all the children’s literature I grew up with and use it to tell stories for the next generation of kids about how to deal with life as it is now,” Mr. Beane said.

“The first audiences to see it will be people from Scranton, Pa., and the next people to see it will be Broadway critics. ... This is your chance to say, ‘Oh, I saw that when,’” Mr. Beane said.

— CAITLIN HEANEY WEST

Century Club holds photo exhibit

The Century Club of Scranton will host the photo exhibit “American Hands” this month featuring the work of Sally Wiener-Grotta.

An opening reception will take place at the club Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., and reservations are encouraged. Anyone wishing to view the exhibit at other times can call the club for its hours at 570-342-0204.

Also, Ms. Wiener-Grotta will teach a photography class at the club Wednesday, July 30, from 1 to 3 p.m. The class is free for members, but size is limited and reservations are required.

Pizza shop to offer freebies at pool

Buona Pizza, 504 Lackawanna Ave., will donate free pool admission, free water and a free slice of pizza to the first 100 children 12 and younger who go to Nay Aug Park’s pool Saturday.

The pool opens at noon, and regular admission is $5.

For more information, contact the Scranton parks and recreation department at 570-348-4186.

— STAFF REPORTS

Mural contest seeks artists

Lackawanna County is holding a competition to create murals for two Pennsylvania Northeast Regional Rail Authority bridges in Moscow and Jessup.

Artists submitting designs must be at least 18, live in Northeast Pennsylvania and have mural-painting experience. Applications are due Friday, Aug. 15, at 4 p.m.

Information sessions will occur at 6 p.m. on Wednesday at the Moscow bridge, South Main and Market streets, and Wednesday, July 30, at the Jessup bridge, Constitution Avenue and Delaware Street. To register, call 570-963-6590, ext. 106, or email arts-culture@lackawannacounty.org.

Ghostlight Productions will present “Scenes from Metamorphoses,” Friday and Saturday at 6:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2:30 p.m.

Presented outdoors at Abington Community Library, 1200 W. Grove St., Clarks Summit, the play is based on Ovid’s myths and is Ghostlight’s first Underage Theatre production, featuring a local cast of young adults. All performances are free, but donations will be accepted.

For more information, visit www.ghostlightproductions.org, email rstrayer@ghostlightproductions.org or call 570-575-5185.

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